About the Empty Homes Doctors

The Empty Homes Doctor service is delivered by Leeds-based social enterprise Social Business Brokers CIC.Access free support

Empty Homes Doctors

Our Empty Homes Doctors can help you access the advice and support you need to bring your empty home back into use. We can help with issues relating to inheritance, probate or family disputes, we can arrange access to finance and help you find the right contractors to work on your house.We work with a range of local property professionals to ensure that you are well informed about the sales and rental value of your home. We have also negotiated significant discounts with local suppliers which you would be eligible for by using our service.Our Empty Homes Doctor service is free and bespoke to each individual empty property owner. We listen to you, to your aspirations and the barriers you face and we do all we can to help. We’ve helped over 200 people like you to bring their properties back into use as homes.

Gill Coupland

Gill’s background is in legal and financial services. She ran the Private Client department at a firm of Solicitors in Leeds, specialising in Wills Trusts and Probate and was operations manager for the firm.

Jo Widdop

Jo has worked as a project manager in the housing sector for 10 years, and has previously worked at an estate agents - giving her a great understanding of the property market.

Sue Carpenter

Sue has thirty years administration, project and event planning experience. Including clients with residential and commercial property portfolios, all skills that come in handy as an Empty Homes Doctor.